Transamerica Pyramid
The Transamerica Pyramid is an iconic skyscraper located in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District. Standing at 853 feet tall, it is the tallest building in the city and a popular landmark for both locals and tourists. The unique design of the building, with its triangular shape and sleek lines, makes it a popular subject for photographers. There are several great photography locations around the Transamerica Pyramid, including the nearby Redwood Park, which offers stunning views of the building against a backdrop of lush greenery. Other popular spots include the Embarcadero waterfront and the rooftop of the nearby Salesforce Tower, which provides a bird's eye view of the city and the Pyramid itself.
In American architecture, painted ladies are Victorian and Edwardian houses and buildings repainted, starting in the 1960s, in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details.
We really had fine weather while in San Francisco back in may. A little bit too good maybe. No deep fog rolling in at the Golden Gate bridge so I looked for other things to shoot. Here's a view from Pier 7. I was fine tuning the compostiion for nearly half an hour till I found the right spot and everything aligned perfectly.
Sunset in San Francisco CA
View from Alamo Square Park over Steiner Street and Downtown San Francisco.
I'm continuing the cityscape theme with another classic view of the city using a friend's 500mm lens! Again, if you're going to shoot a familiar...
Another the cityscape series, this time with a 500mm lens plus a 2x extender for 1000mm total reach! I'm still working on the big panorama. It is...
This is a small 1600x2400 crop from about 12 images of the final 80,000 pixel-wide panorama. It will be printed 36 feet wide at about 240 DPI at the...
Photographing this view including city lights was not the only image I wanted to capture. Panorama and long exposure photography was also part of the...
In American architecture, painted ladies are Victorian and Edwardian houses and buildings repainted, starting in the 1960s, in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details.
In 1963, San Francisco artist Butch Kardum began combining intense blues and greens on the exterior of his Italianate-style Victorian house. His house was criticized by some, but other neighbors began to copy the bright colors on their own houses. Kardum became a color designer, and he and other artists / colorists such as Tony Canaletich, Bob Buckter, and Jazon Wonders began to transform dozens of gray houses into Painted Ladies. By the 1970s, the colorist movement, as it was called, had changed entire streets and neighborhoods. This process continues to this day.
One of the best-known groups of "Painted Ladies" is the row of Victorian houses at 710–720 Steiner Street, across from Alamo Square park, in San Francisco. It is sometimes known as "Postcard Row"; they are also known as the Seven Sisters.
San Francisco California, USA September 2016
Thanks for your visit and looking. Have a nice day/night!
Every time I've tried to take a nice shot from this place weather/fog always ruins it so I decided to post this image and give up from this place.
Painted Ladies – Alamo Square – San Francisco
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I took this image of the famous row houses known as the Painted Ladies...
My view. Meine Version.
Every year for the holidays there's a special treat in San Francisco: several of the buildings outline themselves in lights and a light on top of the...
I couldn't resist a long exposure of this building.
Las Painted Ladies son casas de estilo victoriano pintadas de diferentes colores.
USA 2011 - San Francisco
I've decided to do some cityscapes of San Francisco taken during that 3-5 minute window when the daylight becomes even with the city lights. So I'll...
The renowned "Painted Ladies" (Victorian houses) at Alamo Square, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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I'm continuing the cityscape theme with a small portion of a bigger 64-shot panorama created with the Canon 500L F4 lens. I'll be back at doing the...
San Francisco's Bay Bridge seen from the Embarcadero at night. I wonder if this would be a good location for a sunrise shot of the Bay Bridge, as...
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Christmas time in SF means a couple special things for us photographers: The Beacon is lit atop the...
***This image is now on display at the Loews Regency Hotel, (formerly Mandarin Oriental) in San Francisco.
I have wanted to photograph this view for...
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Most notably Maurizio Fontana, Michael and Milton Sun.